Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. When faith is finished a good life is made perfect in our kind: let, therefore, no man expect events for which he hath no promise; nor call for God's fidelity without his own faithfulness; nor snatch at a promise without performing the condition; nor think faith to be a hand to apprehend Christ, and to do nothing else; for that will but deceive us, and turn religion into words, holiness into hypocrisy, the promises of God into a snare, the truth of God into a lie. When God gives us better promises, He intends that we should pay Him a better obedience; when He forgives us what is past, He intends that we should sin no more; when He offers us His graces, He would have us make use of them; when He causes us to distrust ourselves His meaning is that we should rely on Him; when He enables us to do what He commands us, He commands us to do all that we can. (Jeremy Taylor.) Parallel Verses KJV: For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.WEB: For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. |
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